One day after retirement

Julia Scheib races to 2nd victory in Mont Tremblant

Sara Hector, Julia Scheib and Alice Robinson (from left to right)(Bild: AFP/EZRA SHAW)

Julia Scheib has won the second giant slalom in Mont Tremblant! Just one day after her retirement, the Styrian skier conjured up two strong runs in the Canadian snow on Sunday and relegated Sweden's Sara Hector (+0.57) to second place. Alice Robinson (+0.78) from New Zealand completed the podium.

Julia Scheib has won her second World Cup and season race. The Styrian won the giant slalom on Sunday in Mont Tremblant ahead of Sweden's Sara Hector (+0.57 sec.) and New Zealand's Alice Robinson (+0.78), who was leading at half-time. The Styrian also made amends for her failure the day before in the Canadian ski resort. Second best Austrian in the last overseas race of the season was Katharina Liensberger in 14th place.

The result:

Robinson 12 points ahead of Scheib
"It was a mega day. I knew I had to push harder in the second race than in the first," said Scheib, who also won the opening race in Sölden. "The slope isn't the steepest, but you have to ski everything very precisely. Otherwise you'll get stuck somewhere and never build up any more speed. That also plays a part in your mind when you know you can't take any liberties and have to ski the tactical passages cleverly."

She knew that Robinson would take something from her at the top, but she had a very good run at the bottom. In the first run, however, she had left herself some reserves. However, Scheib was only 0.16 seconds behind Robinson in second place at half-time.

Julia Scheib raced to her second win of the season in Mont Tremblant.(Bild: GEPA)

Saturday's winner Robinson leads the discipline World Cup by 12 points ahead of Scheib. Both have two wins this season, and a duel for the small ball is looming. "I gave it my all and didn't hold back," said Robinson, who had expected Scheib to come back strongly in the ORF interview after retiring the day before. In the overall World Cup, Scheib is in fourth place, with the US American Mikaela Shiffrin in the lead, who finished fourth on the day ex aequo with the Swiss Camille Rast.

(Bild: GEPA)

Liensberger and Brunner still have work to do
Liensberger explained that she had made turns in the second run where she could have left her skis out. "The run invited me to attack, so I have to follow through better. Now it's important to rest well and recover. And then concentrate again to make sure the timing is right, that the position is right and that you can take another step forward technically," said the skier from Vorarlberg. Stephanie Brunner, the best Austrian on Saturday in eleventh place, dropped back from 10th to 20th. "I'm not quite in the flow yet, I have to keep working," she said, summing up the Canada race.

Victoria Olivier finished in 22nd place, Viktoria Bürgler earned her first World Cup points in 25th place. Franziska Gritsch (33rd), Nina Astner (41st) and Lisa Hörhager (44th) did not make it into the second run. Leonie Raich had a sense of achievement at the European Cup in Mayrhofen, finishing second in the slalom behind Italy's Giulia Valleriani.